At 11:16 PM 3/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Through the years, I've replaced a bunch of bass bridges in pianos sitting >in customers' homes at or near pitch. I've never lowered tension in any >part of the piano except the bass in these situations, and never had a >problem. In fact, disconnecting the bass strings from the hitches >altogether doesn't even affect the tuning of the rest of the piano nearly >as much as you think it ought to. I've never had a problem with bass string removal and replacement, stress-wise, and yes.... the rest of the tuning is barely affected, usually. I did notice, though, that after removing the killer octave from a S&S D that the C#5 at the break was 20cents sharp. I had plucked it for aural reference when I started chipping, and Tunelab auto-selected it and showed me the variance. Odd, I thought. This D had all of the top section removed and restrung, then the killer octave (and 1/2). Once strung and chipped, the tenor settled back down to almost dead on 440. So... conclusion.... thar be stresses on that plate ,Captain! Later, Guy >In stringing, the bass strings are put on last anyway, after everything >else is at pitch and settled. It's not a big deal unless there's a >critical structural problem - in which case you're likely doomed whatever >you do. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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